scientists

Story of the correspondence between Benjamin Banneker, a free black man, who wrote to Thomas Jefferson to tell him how he felt about Jefferson owning slaves.

Examines how, at the end of the seventeenth century, a group of geniuses that included Isaac Newton re-imagined the field of science by finding intricate and precise patterns that regulated the world and the chaos that seemed to exist in it.

A scientist invents a machine that transports him far into the future where he discovers a changed world inhabited by two unusual races, the Eloi and the Morlocks.

The tale of a scientist who discovers how to make his body become invisible, but, when he can't make himself visible again, becomes violently insane.

Dr. Jeffrey Horton becomes caught up in a web of deceit and politics when he invents a device that is capable of rendering guns and bombs virtually harmless.

Presents 160 chronologically arranged biographies of scientists and inventors with emphasis on their particular contributions to the progress of mankind.

A pictorial biography of Jacques Cousteau, covering his adventures aboard "Calypso" with his team of scientists, diving equipment, and waterproof cameras, and work to protect the oceans from pollution.

Presents brief profiles of one hundred inventors, philosophers, economists, politicians, explorers, and other individuals who have made an impact on history, discussing the achievements of Aristotle, Mark Zuckerberg, Marie Curie, Pele, and others from various industries.

Provides an overview of the life of French scientist Louis Pasteur, discussing his childhood, schooling, and important scientific discoveries, and includes an experiment to test the spread of germs.

Examines five different types of jobs performed by scientists, including a programmer of robot dogs that play soccer and one who tracks dangerous waves in the ocean.